Black History All Year 2020 . . Olive Elaine Morris was a member of the British Black Panther Party and a grassroots activist in Great Britain. The Black Panther Youth League recruited Morris at 17 which furthered her activism. In 1973, Morris formed the Brixton Black Women’s Group (BBWG), to focus on women’s experiences in the Black Panther Party. Morris also played a significant role in the squatters’ rights campaigns in her Brixton community. She and other community activists squatted to help establish self-help community spaces including Sarbarr Bookshop, the first black self-help community bookshop in South London. . . In 1975 Morris enrolled at Manchester University to earn a social science degree. At the University, she expanded her activism by working with the National Coordinating Committee of Overseas Students. And in 1977, she visited China and wrote an article, “A Sister’s Visit to China,” published in Speak Out!, the BBWG’s newsletter. Her article explored anti-imperialist struggles and self-help community strategies in the world’s most populous Marxist state. In 1977 Morris returned from China, completed her degree and returned to her home-community in Brixton. In Brixton, Morris became a founding member of the Organisation for Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD), 1978-82, and edited the organization’s magazine FOWAD! During this time, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. On July 12, 1979, Morris died at the age of 27. . . Olive Morris had a profound amount of achievements in her short life. She was driven, passionate and fought tirelessly for equality. This is a Black British Caribbean Woman whose remarkable life must be forever known of and forever celebrated. . . #olivemorris #blackbritish #visittochina #socialscience #socialsciencedegree #selfhelpbooks #southlondon #bbwg #grassroots #hodgkinslymphoma #jamaica🇯🇲 # (at St Catherines, Jamaica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAIXcCngjB0/?igshid=1ub72xn5vtetk
